Cigarette-making machine.



A. H. SARKISIAN. CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE. APPLIUA'TION Hmm 11011.25, 1911.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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A. H. SARKIISIAN. CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION HLBUNOV. 25, 1911.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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Winamax* A. H. SARKISIAN.v CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1911. 4 igQO'g, Patented (1ct. 8, 1912.

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A. H. SARKISIAN. CIGARETTE MAKING MAOHINB.

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EARKISAN. SIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE. l q A??LOTIO FILED NOV. 25, 1911. lq Patented 0011.8, 1912.

' present ARAKEAL-H. SARKISAN, OF BRDGEWATEE,`

CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, RAKEAL H. @Annis- IAN, a subjectof the Sultan of Turkey, residing at Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth and Sta-te of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful ImproveA Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled November 25,1913.. Seria ments in Cigarette-Making Machines, of'

which the following is a specification.

vMy present invent-ion relates to improve ments in cigarette making machines and more especially to the type wherein the loose tobacco and formed tubular wrappers are f ed to the machine, and the tobacco is divided into appropriate charges to form tillers and these fillers are introduced endwise into the cigarette tubes, and the primary object of this invention is to provide a generally improved machine of the type above described having a large capacity whereby a. great number of cigarettes may be made thereby in a given length of time and the ditierent, operations involved are' performed by such moans as to insure certainty and uniformity in the manufacture of the cigarettes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine whereby cigarettes having a cork tip or mouthpiece may be made in such a vmanner that the tip or mouthpiece will contain no part of the tobacco filler. economy in nninufactiuc being` the eby effected, and, furtliermorel` cigarettes so made are more satisfactory to the smoker.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a cigarette making machine of this type with means whereby the amount of tobacco filler for the cigarettes is capable of being adjusted or regulated and the machine is capable ot' makina' cigarettes of dilferentI lengths or sizes.

To theseand other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements, and combinations and arran gementsA of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end ot ihr specification.

ln th i accompanying drawingwliigure l is a top plan view of a cigarette makina inachino constructed iu arrordauf'o with the invention; Fifa'. Q is an cud elevation of the machine as .shown in Fig. i and viewed from tho right thereof; Fig. S rcpresents a horizontal section of tlu` machine with the tobaccol and tube-feeding devices l 'which removed and showing); the nisms of the machine i sents a vertical section or t` line 4-4 of Fi?. and 6 are de views of the means for operating' the plunger which transfers the tobacco filler from the former or mold to the cigarette wrapper, Fig. 5 being a section on the line 5 of Fim l, looking in the direction of the arrow Fig. 7 represents a section on the line 7 -7 of Fig.' l and looking ni the direction of the arrow; Fig. S represents a section on t-he'line 8,8 o'f Figland looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 9 represents a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. l and looking in ti* direction of the arrow; Fig. l0 is a perspective View of the former or mold for the 'tobacco filler, the packer or plunger for int-reducing' the filler into the forme-r or mold, the knife or member for closing the opening in the former or mold, and the. plunger for transferring the `filler from the former or mold to the cigarette wrapper; and Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view of the mechanism for packing and forniingir the filler.

Similar parts are designated by the reference characters in the several views.

ln the accompanyingdrawing l have shown as an example one speciic forni cigarette matting machine embodying different features of the present.- inven i.

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lt will be understood, however, that the invention is not necessarily limited ts the particular construction shown, as mou, ications and changes may be made in the detail construction and the relative arrangement of t e parts in order that the invention may be applied to the hestadvantage according to the conditions or circumstances of each particular case. ln the present instance the machine embodies a suitable base or table l' which preferably serves as a support for the various mechanisms of the machine whereby these different mechanisms will be maintained in proper cooperative relation.

In the construction shown, a set of three frames 2, and t are mounted in fixed relirtion on the upper side of the base l, and these frames provide bearings and supports for the drivingq mechanisms of the machine, these various driving mechanisms being opl; erated from a main or common power shaftelo s journaled in said frames andalso ineoyrve of therlever 39 being provided for this purpose With a plurality of apertures 4t any one .of which is adapted to receive the'pin 47 which operatively connects the link fl-O to this lever. By inserting` the pin i7 in the diti'ereut. apertures. the constant stroke ot the link Lt0 will cause the lever to swing through angles ot ditl'erent degrees, thereb \Y enabling the paul to rotate the wheel 37 through ditt'erent angles at each working stroke of the pawl. The present invention also provides nieaiis ivherebytlic length ot the tobacco filler may be varied according to the length of the cigarette that is to be nia-de. Such means comprises a pair of lat,- ei'al guides e8 and e9 which are mounted on the traine 24e toward the opposite marginal .edges of tlie belt 3l, these guides having downturned flanges 50 and 51 at their inner edges which tlanges extend to points in iinmediate proximity to the belt and thereby l determine the width of' the ribbon or stream of tobacco fed by the belt. These guides are adjustable in a-lateral direction whereby the distance between theni niay be adjusted to conform substantially to the desired lengths of the fillers. such adjustment. of the guides beingperniitted by the bolts and 53 which extend through slots 5.4L and in the respective guides.

The ribbon or Istream of tobacco when it. reaches the lower end of the belt St passes downwardly between the rollers 28 and 33 where this tobacco is compacted or coinpressed. Apair oit guide plates 56 and 5( are mounted in opposed relation to form a passage 58tor the tobacco, the upper edges ot these guide plates beingl in close reiation riphery of the roller 3B .tor the purpose ot stripping the tobacco troni such belt and roller respectively, and to i'acilcitate` this stripping action, the upper edges of. the guide plates may be sharpened. as shown. A plate 59 having a slot 6() therein is mounted iii iiXed relationat, the lower edges ot the guides 5C and 57, and this plate iiornis a knife edge 6l aty one side ot the slot. *50. plunger 62 is mounted to reciprocate on a support 63, this support being pre'tei'ablv inclined and its lower end is direct-lv beneath the slot- G() through which the. tobacco is discharged, this end ot the support 63 serving as a page to determine the thickness of the charge ot' tobacco. The reciproca tory iiluiig'er GQ carries a unite 'blade di which is' iiiovable across tl bottoni the slot 60 and is adapted-to eo'perate willi the .stationary ltnii'e edge (ll so that when the plunger (32 nioves iii one direction. the. ltii'i'fe blade Gli will pass through the tobacco and vfill co'iperate with the imite edege (Si to sever the ribbon of tobacco to "forni :i charge.

This iiioveiiici'it et the plunger which sei'ers the tobacco to torni a charge also serves to '2 and it may l, to the surface ot the belt 3l and pel charge of tobacco is ejes eject the charge of tobacco thus formed from beneath the slot. (SO, the charge oiZ tobacco then entering the mechanism to be hereinafter described which serves to .torni the charge into a filler and to introduce suoli filler into the cigarette tube. Diierent ineans iiiay be provided for reciprocating the plunger 62 at appropriately tinied intervals. ln the present instance this plunger is op erated by a link G5 which is pivotally connected to the upper arm of a bell-crank lever 5G, such lever being pivoted on the bar L'i and bears a roller or projection 67 which cooperates with a cam slot 68 formed in the cani 69, the latter being ixed to revolve with the cani shaft 8. The lever 66 also has a rigid arin 70 which projects forwardly beneath the support 63 and has a recessed end 7l which cooperates with an apertured operating extension 72 orined on a packing plunger 73, the cani 69 serving to operate b'oth et the plungers (i2 and 73. The pack- 'ing plunger 73 in the presentinstance reciprocates in a vertical plane and immediately within a stationary vertical plate 74, the latter seri'ing as one side of a. packing press. The opposite or compleinental side of the packing press embodies a pivoted plate 7 which is turnable about the pivot- 76 as an axis, and this pivoted plate may be opened into the angular position as shown in Fig. be closed against the plunger 73`v as shown in Fig. ll, forming a pocket i7 wherein the charge ot tobacco is confined, and upon the descent of the packing plunger 73 this charge of tobacco is compressed and compacted. `While the pivotcd side plate 'i' is in open position, as shown in Fig. 2, the charge ot tobacco is free to enter the i. "r i,

pocket i7 oeiieatli the packing plunger. The p ted from the support 63 beneath the slot (3G by the iifoi'izing stroke ot the plunger (3Q, and after beingr so @3er/ted, D l y`ll t-llb 0i "t i "t ha ine c iaige ii i Aa y biaiiq in o t c space '57. a stationary guard 78 and a guard T9 which is pivoted at 50 being provided in the present instance to so control the descent ot the charge :is to maintain its longitudinal axis horizontally. ylie pivoted guai-d m l lies within the pivoted side plate T5 when the latter is open and as this side plate nieves into closed position, it will swing the pivoted guard into a substantially horizontal positio-n as indicated by the dotted lines ,in Fig. 2 and. hence, this guard does not interfere. with the operation of the side. plate ot the press. rllie side plate ot the press is operated b v a linl Sl which is pivotallv connected to a bell-crank lever S2, this bellei'aiik lever being 'tuti-.ruined on tl'ie. bai' eil and ii bears a roller or projection Sii wliieli operates iii a cani slot tlltoi-ined in a cani l5. the latter being llxetl to turn with the rain sliait 8.

A block 8G is mounted on the base l in;

nomme ation of the Acam. 124.

The machine shown in the present in stance embodies means vfor conveying the finished cigarettes from -the point where they are disengaged from the tubular end 88 of the former or mold. Such means consists in the present instance of a reciproca- -tory ejector 128 which operates across the path of movement' of the plunger' 102 while the latter is retracted, thereby moving the iinished cigarette laterally into a runway apply continuously revolving power shaft` 5.

129, this runway being :formed by a stationary wall and a relatively adjustable Wall 131, the latter being preferably in the form of a gage and embodying adjusting screws 132 whereby the distance between the walls 130 and 131 may be adjusted. However, to retain .each cigarette tube in proper position in front of the plunger 102 after the cigarette tube has been delivered at this point and while itis being shifted endwise to the tip thereof to' the tubular end 88 of the former or mold, a laterallyyieldable guard 133 is preferably employed, that shown in the present instance being in the form of ,a plate pivot-all lsuspended from the axis .134'. This guard7 placement of the cigarette tube at the times mentioned, but it will be deected or pushed aside by the completed cigarettewhen the latter is pushed laterally by the ejector 128. The finished cigarettes areconducted along the runway 129 ,by a traveling belt 135 which opera-tes in a slot 136'in the base ,1, this belt passing over pulleys 137 and 138 which are mounted in suitable bearings at vthe under side of the base as shown, and

the shaft 139 for the pulley 138 is driven continuously by any suitable means, such for example, as by the .p)ulleyv140` thereon nwhich is engaged by a- 'elt.'141, this 4belt passing upwardly through 'la slot '142 in the base and is operated by a pulley 143 onte 4 e endwise movement of the nished cigarettes on the belt-135 is arrested by an abutment 144 which eiitends lacross the delivery end of the belt, thisabutment together With the end 145 forming a guideway through which the cigarettes are removed from the belt and conveyed by a lateralv movement to suitable" receiving means. The'removal of thev cigarettes .from the belt' when they reach the abutment 144 is accomplished 'by a horizon tally reciprocableej ector 146 which operates between an extension of the abutment 144 which servesl as a guide and the guide 147, this ejector being operated byv a link 148 which is operatively connected to an arm will prevent disl e2, the

149 formed rigidly with the lever 105. Figs. 1 and 3 show the two extreme positions of the ejector.

Diicrent means may be provided forsupplying the cigarette tubes to the point Where they receive the illers. ln the present instance, a hopper 150 is shown into which the previously formed paper tubes are deposited, the bottom 151 of this hopper being inclined to feed the tubes to the discharge opening 152 of the hopper and a vertically adjustable gate 158 is/shown whereby the discharge of the tubes through the outlet 152 may be properly controlled. In order to insure a positive feed ot' the tubes from the hopper a panel 154 may be used which is reciprocable longitudinally oi the hopper bottom 151, this panel being operatively cony nected in the present instance by a link 155 to one armvof a lever 156, the latter being pivoted at 157 to a stationary bracket 158 and the opposite end of the lever is connected by a link 159 to an arm 160 of a bellcrank lever 161, the latter being mounted to rocl on the bar 42 asia fulcrum, and the arm 162 thereof bears a roller or projection 163 which cooperates with a cam slot 164 formed in a cam 165, the latter being mounted to turn with the cam shaft 8 whereby reciprocating movements will be imparted to the panel 154 during rotation of the cam 165. The cam 165 and the bell-crank lever .-161- also serve in the present instance to reciprocate at appropriate intervals the ejector 128, the arm of said bell-crank lever being connected to said ejector by the link 166. The outlet 152 of the hopper 150 leads to a 'vertical chute 167 and this chute is directly above the line of movement o' the plunger. 102 which serves to lit the tips of the tubes over the .tubular end'88'of'the former or mold, and this chute is closed. at

the back and tw-'o ends by a housing 168 and a guardA 169 closes the front of. saidchute. The' cigarette tubes are fed 'one at a time -from the chute to the plunger 102, the guard -133 serving to position this plunger.

The cycle of operations involved in' the making of each cigarette may be brieiy de'-A scribed as followsz-'The hopper 23 being filled with tobacco for the fillers and the hopper 150 containing the Vcigarette tubes, the machine is 'set in operation by engaging jtheflever16 with the shoulder 22,thus enga'gingv the clutch and causing rotation of the cam shaft. The movementimparted at. intervals to the belt lncauses a ribbon or stream of tobacco to pass through the pas? sage 58, and recipro'cainon oiA the panel 154 -serves to maintain'a supply of cigarette tubes in the chute 167.` The first operation uponthe tobaccois produced by the plunger the latter moving 4forward and causingA Knife blade 64 thereon to sever a section rio the `tube infront of 4` maarre tobacco endivise of the mold and to intro duce the saine into the tube, and'means for releasing said clam i when the tube has resei ceived the charge o tobacco.

8. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of a mold-having a chargereceiving opening in the top provided with parallel relatively fixed side Walls aiivl hav ing a tube-r ceiving portion at one end, means for introducing a charge ot' tobacco into the mold through said opening,r ineans for applying a cigarette tube t'o` the tubereceiving end of the mold, a device movable transversely across said opening to close the same, and means operative enclwise of t.. e mold for transferring the charge of tobacco from the mold tothe cigarette tube.

9. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of a mold having a chargereceiving opening in the top provided with relatively fixed parallel side Walls and having a tubei'receiving end, means for applying a cigarette tiibe to the tubereceiving end ofthe mold, a plunger operative to introduce a charge of tobacco into the mold through said opening therein, aA member operative transversely across said opening to close said opening in theinold after the latter has receivecl a charge of tobacco, and means operative longitudinally ofthe inoldfor forcing the tobacco endwise therethrough and into the tube. l

10. In -a cigarette making machine, the combination of a 'mold having relatively fixed sides and an opening in its top to re- -ceive a charge of tobacco and having a tubes receiving portion at one end, a plunger mov able toward and from the mold 'and ,operative to introduce a charge of tobacco therein,

a blade movable relativelyto the mold in a plane intersecting that of the plunger and operative to close the opening inthe mold, means for applying the tip of a cigarette tubeto the tube-receiving portion at one end of the mold, and a second plunger operative longitudinally through the mold for transferringa charge of tobaccov'theretrom t0 the cigarette tube.

11. In a` cigarette making infcliine` the combination of av mold having relatively fixed sides 'and an opening in its top to' 4receive a charge ot tobacco andhaving cigarette tube-receivingportion at one end., `a vertically movable 'plunger operative to vintroduce a charge of tobacco into the mold through said opening therein, a blade rnc-v able horizontally and laterally across the opening in the mold and having a knife edge, means for applying the'tip of a cigal rette tube to the tube-receiving portion ot the mold, and a second plunger movable longitudinally throii i". tive to transter charge of tobacco Jfrom the niold and to the tube.

l2. ln a cigarette making machine7 the combination of'a nold comprising a body portion adapted to receive a charge of tobacco and formed with a longitudinal opening, the mold also having a tube-receiving end formed integrally with the mold and provided with a diagonal beveled edge, means for moving a cigarette tube endwise to introduce the tip thereof over the tubereceiving end ot the mold.I a plunger movable longitudinally of the mold to torce a charge ot tobacco therethrough and into the tube, and a member movable transversely across said opening to close the mold.

13. ln a cigarette making machine, the combination of a molo having a'tube-ieceiv ing portion at one end and also having an openinv` for the reception of a `charge of tobacco, means cooperative with 'the mold for compressing a charge of tobacco and for introducing such charge into the mold,4

ineens movable relatively to both sides ot the mold and transversely across said opeiiing for closing the opening inthe mold after `the latter has receiveda charge civ tobacco, and means operative to remove the charge of tobacco roin the mold by an end- Wise movement.

le. l P cignietteinakin'g lignachine, the combinati of inoldy having av tube-ie ceiving portion at one 'end and -also ,having an opening of lined size through Which'the mold may receive a charge of tobacco, .means ,for applying a tube to the tube-receiving end or the inold,-niea'ns cooperative with 1 the mold and embodying a plunger for conipressing the charge` ottohacco and introducing the 'ci'inipressecl charge into the mold through said opening'tlierein, nieaiis m0vable laterally relatively to the mold for' cljising'said opening in the .mold after the latter has received a charge,and ineansop eintive longitudinally othe n'iol'd for translei-ring theV charge from. the lmold to the tube. l

l5. ln a cigarette malringniachine, the combination oit inoldliavinga tube-receiving portion at one end and having an opening with; relativelyined parallel side Walls through which the v"rnoldmayv receive a charge of tobacco, meai'isltor applying a tube to tlievtiib'e-receiving end of the' mold, conipression members movable relatively in a direction transversely of' the. opening in lthe mold "tor compressing :i charge of tobacco laterally, a .plunger operative between said members 'tor compressing 4and introducing the charge oit tobacco into the niold through said opening therein, means movable transversely relatively to the mold for closing the opening in the mold after the latter has received a charge ot tobacco, and means for lta ribbon of tobacco passing between said supplying tobacco thereto to guides into) predetermined charges.

24. In a machine of the class described. the combination of a fiat conveyer for advancing a ribbon of tobacco, means for imparting a step-bystcp movement to said conveyer, flat parallel guides to receive between them theribbon from said conveyer. an abutment against Which the ribbon is directed by said guides, and a knife in advance of said abutment and operative dur-v ing the intervals between the movements of the conveyer for dividing the ribbon into laterally elongatedcharges.

25. In a machine of theclass described, the combination of a conveyer embodying an inclined endlesslbelt, a hopper at the upper end thereof for delivering tobacco to the belt to form a ribbon of tobacco thereon, a pair of coperative rollers at the lower end of the belt, the belt passing over one of said rollers and the other roller being spaced beyondand located in the plane of the belt. means operatively connecting said rollers to rotate them in unison, means for ,imparting intermittent movements to said rollers and belt, opposed Hat and parallel guides to receive between them the ribbon of tobacco from the belt after such ribbon has passed between said rollers, and a knife operative to divide'the ribbon into charges.

26. In a machine of the class the combination of a conveyer, means for supplying tobacco thereto to form a ribbon of tobacco thereon, means to receive the ribbon from the conveyer, an abutment located in the path of the ribbon and against Which the same is fed, a knife in. advance of the abutment for dividing the`ribbon of tobacco into charges, means for imparting step-bystep movementsto the conveyer, and means for varying the degrees parted to said conveyer whereby charges of different sizes may be made.

27. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a conveyer, means for form a ribbon of tobacco thereon, means for cutting said ribbon of tobacco transversely to form charges, and means for regulating the width described,

yof the ribbon of tobacco on said conveyer whereby charges of difierent lengths may be made.

28. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of a mold having a tube-receiving portion at one end, means for introducing a charge of tobacco into the mold', a

,plunger movable in alinement with the mold and operative to apply a tube to the tubeof movembnt imreceiving end thereof, a plunger operative longitudinally through the opposite end of the mold for transferring the charge of tobacco from the mold and to the tube, and an ejector movable transversely of the path of movement of the plunger first mentioned for, removing the cigarette from the path of movement of such plunger.

Q9. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of a mold having a tube-receiving portion at one end, a plunger reciprocable in alinelnent with the mold, a chute arranged above said plunger for supplying cigarette tubes successively thereto, means for 'operating said plunger to apply a cigarette tube to the tube-receiving end of the mold, means for supplying a charge of tobacco to the mold, a plunger operative through the mold to transfer the charge of tobacco to the tube, and a reciprocatory ejector operative beneath said chute and across the path of movement of the plunger l'irst mentioned for removing the completed cigarette.

30. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of a mold, means for supplying a charge of tobacco thereto, a plunger mov able in alinement with the mold, a chute for supplying cigarette tubes successivelyT 'to said plunger, means for operating said plunger to present a tube in coperative re lation to the mold, a second plunger operativ4 through the mold for transferring the ch rge of tobacco to the tube, an ejector opV 'rative beneath said chute and across the at of movement of the plunger iirst mentiohed for removing the filled cigarette from the path of movement of the plunger first mentioned, a traveling conveyer arranged to receive the cigarette, and a second ejector movable across said conveyer for removing the cigarette therefrom.

3l. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of. a mold, means for su plying a charge of tobacco thereto, a chute or supplying cigarette tubes successively to the mold, means for transferring a charge of tobacco from the mold to a cigarettfe tube, an ejector for removing the illed cigarettes, and a yieldable guard mounted in front of said ejector and operative to guide a cigarette tube while being applied to tle mold.

32. In a cigarette maliinghnachine, the combination of a mold having means for supplying a charge of tobacco thereto, means for transferring such charge from the mold to a cigarette tube, means tubes successively tothe mold comprising an inclined hopper having an outlet, a reciprocatory panel in the bottom of the hopper for feeding the tubes to said outlet, a

chute arranged to receive the tubes from for supplying ranged at thzbotom of the chute yand operative to-applythetbes successivel to the mold, a movable `d'fm"ho1ding,|f t e tubos in operative relation to sn'id'piunger, and un ejectorl movable "hows-rd th guard for removing the cigarettes from the line of movement of said plunger.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto get my hand in presence of two subscribing witmesses.

A RAKEAL H. SARKISIAN. Witnesses:

JOHN W. RORXE, GAMBE!) H. CARAGULIAN. 

